The affirmative's idea of public health is one that valorizes Eurcentrism equates development with liberation, and overemphasizes disease prevention. These ideas are rooted in the universal truths that work to promote western hegemony, oppression, and patriarchy under the banner of progress
Collis Airhihenbuwa, Head of Dept of Health Ed at Penn State, 1995 (Health and Culture: beyond the western paradigm)

Aid to Afrika must be rooted in the afrikan cultures itself. Vote neg to problematize notions of universal truths that deny health as a culture and challenge the very foundation of the affirmative
Collis Airhihenbuwa, Head of Dept of Health Ed at Penn State, 1995 (Health and Culture: beyond the western paradigm)